A River In The City Of Fountains
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A River in the City of Fountains
Author | : Amahia K. Mallea |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2018-10-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780700627110 |
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Founded as a port at the confluence of two great rivers, Kansas City has the waters of the Missouri running through its bloodstream—threading expressways, delivering drinking water, carrying traffic and sewage, and emerging most visibly in the city’s celebrated fountains. Despite, or perhaps because of, the river’s ubiquity, the complex and critical nature of its presence can be hard to understand, which is precisely why Amahia Mallea’s enlightening book is so essential. Moving from the city’s center to the outer limits of the metropolitan area, A River in the City of Fountains offers a clear view of the reach and intricacies of the Missouri River’s connection to life in Kansas City. The history of this connection is one of science and industry working, sometimes at cross-purposes, to bend the river to the needs of commerce and public health. It is a story populated with heroes and villains, visionaries and robber barons, scientists and civil engineers, politicians and activists—all with schemes and plans and far-reaching ideas about what, and whose, demands the power of the Missouri should serve. And so, inevitably, it is a story of disparities: a story of, from one flood to the next, the haves staking out higher ground, leaving the have-nots to the perils of low-lying land. But what the book also shows us is a slow awakening to the ways in which all those vying for the river’s favor are inextricably connected by its course; here we see, finally, a growing awareness of the river’s essential role in the health and welfare of the whole urban environment. In the end, all citizens of Kansas City are both upstream and downstream; all are equally dependent on the health of the river. What this book helps us see is, at last, as much the city in the river as the river in the city.
Chicago s Fabulous Fountains
Author | : Greg Borzo |
Publsiher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2017-05-10 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780809335794 |
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""Chicago's Fabulous Fountains" presents in words and pictures many of the more than one hundred outdoor public fountains in Chicago, informing readers about their origin and place in the city"--
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1248 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433016643987 |
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The Leisure Hour
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 844 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:39015068400467 |
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Universalist Union
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 1843 |
Genre | : Universalism |
ISBN | : HARVARD:AH6JLJ |
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River Horse
Author | : William Least Heat-Moon |
Publsiher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2013-02-05 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780547523682 |
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New York Times bestseller: “A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing” (Kirkus Reviews). In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth “voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat” (San Francisco Chronicle). Setting off from New York Harbor aboard the boat he named Nikawa (“river horse” in Osage), in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon, William Least Heat-Moon and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some five thousand watery miles—more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed—often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, submerged rocks, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: strangers generous with help and eccentric tales, landscapes unchanged since Sacagawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. “Fizzes with intelligence and high spirits.” —Outside “Propels the reader with historical vignettes, ecological and geological detail, and often hilarious encounters with local eccentrics.” —Time
The Leisure Hour Monthly Library
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 842 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : CORNELL:31924057452868 |
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Fountains of Philadelphia
Author | : Jim McClelland |
Publsiher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2004-12-22 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 081173191X |
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Guide to more than 50 of Philadelphia's historic and artistic fountains Beautiful full-color photographs Historical information on each Philadelphia has been called the City of Fountains. Here for the first time is a guidebook devoted exclusively to the city's diverse array of these stylish and elegant works of art. Background information on each fountain's history and design is accompanied by lovely, full-color photographs.